Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Originally posted by Stazi:
Realistically both of those cars have WAY too many miles on them to be "boosting" on. You'd basically have to rebuild the entire engine from the pan up, AND the tranny cos with that many miles on both cars, the drivelines must be SHAGGED!



Very true. Either project is going to run you some serious coin. Pan up engine rebuild will run in the neighborhood of $1500 for parts. Then a tranny rebuild and upgrade to LSD w/ HI-PO clutch is another $1200+ in parts. Then you've got your turbo/supercharger. Look to spend no less than $6k to have a decent, reliable F/I'd car, either way you go. This is assuming you'll be doing all of the work yourself, and/or you can get awesome deals on parts.

Mark



yes,I completely realize this and was going to have a complete pan up rebuild. All new seals,gaskets,bearings,internals,everything. It will be a brand new motor when it is done. I was expecting just to build the engine (before turbo or SC) to run me atleast $5000,so I know what I'm getting into. The shop that will be doing the work (I have no time due to working 6 days/48 hrs wk,nowhere to work on it and don't have all the necessary tools) is the shop I used to work for,so my labour rate is going to be $20/hr instead of $40,and a friend of mine works at a Ford dealer and can get me parts at cost. So I'm set pretty much. I know I can be spending as much as $10k on the engine. I'll say anywhere between 5-10k would be realistic to have the motor,turbo,tranny and driveline done. Then factor in about 3k for paint,$1k for tires,1500 for suspension,and yeah....lots of $$$$. It's ok though,I'm in no rush to have it completed. I don't care if it takes 6 months,8,10,12,18,24,36 months....just as long as it gets done,and done right,then I'm happy .

Anyways,at the moment,I am leaning toards the Zetec. I haven't touched that car,so it'll be a blank canvas,whereas my Duratec has been modded and been troublesome,and everything I;ve done to it was going to get redone. Just keep the V6 as my beater,so I'll have a modified daily beater while the Zetec gets built,and then when the Zetec is done,it'll be nucking futs.

So far I am really surprised that the majority of the club has said to build the Zetec over the Duratec,when I bought the Duratec to replace a Zetec ATX in the first place! Things are going full circle!

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